Increase in foreign teachers working in Germany

More teachers in Germany have non-German passports than ever before, according to figures from the German Statistics Office Destatis published on Wednesday.

According to the figures, most foreign teachers come from other parts of Europe, around 7,800. Most come from France, the UK and Austria. Around 1,100 come from the Americas, mostly from the US, while around 450 came from Asia.

Despite the increase, the percentage remains relatively modest; only 1.4% of teachers in Germany were not born there.

The Statistics Office described the figure as “low” in their press release, but despite the apparently small figure, there has been an increase of 61.6% in the last 10 years in the number of foreign teachers in Germany.

The number went up from around 3,700 in 2008/2009 to around 9,700 in the school year 2018/2019. Overall, there are around 686,000 full- and part-time teachers in Germany.

Via DW

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